Nuzzel

Nuzzel, the social news startup led by Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams, says that it has raised $1.7 million in new funding.
The news follows the launch of the Nuzzel iPhone app a month ago. Abrams told me via email that the company had only spent about half of its original seed funding (which also totaled $1.7 million), but there was “additional investment interest from some… Read More

For those of us who have been following social news startup Nuzzel, there’s been a long wait for the startup today’s iPhone launch.
I first spoke about Nuzzel with founder Jonathan Abrams (who also founded Friendster) back in September 2012. Since then, Nuzzel has been a browser-and-email product, although Abrams told me recently that the iPhone app was “95 percent… Read More

Nuzzel, the social news service created by Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams, is leaving beta testing and opening to all users.
Previously, you had to request an invite before you could use Nuzzel. In the year-plus since I first covered the company, Abrams said Nuzzel has brought on about 3,000 testers, but now it’s time to see whether the product appeals to a broader audience. Read More

Social news startup Nuzzel has raised more than $1.7 million in seed funding.
I say “startup,” but at this point the only person working full-time on the project is Jonathan Abrams, who previously founded or co-founded Friendster, HotLinks, Socializr, and the Founders Den. With the new funding, Abrams is ready to start hiring — you can browse the list of available positions here. Read More

Jonathan Abrams, whose resume as a founder or co-founder includes the Founders Den startup workspace, event service Socializr, social bookmarking service HotLinks, and Friendster (I don’t need to explain that last one, do I?), is launching his latest startup today: Nuzzel, a site for browsing the news that your friends have shared on social networks.
There seems to be a glut of… Read More